your passport okay

see you

toge what do you smell the  horses you smell the horses

all right wave

all right guys good evening welcome to gage park  we are here in our city in the downtown area with  

my dad daniel getting into the festive  spirit with ariel with ariel hey ariel

yeah they've uh they've decorated this uh this  area that city hall back there so we are right in  

front of city hall and they put up the lights for  the christmas holiday and we decided to come and  

take a walk and see what it was all about what did  you guys think of the giant christmas tree oh yeah  

it's a natural tree it's not something that it  was brought in just for the holidays and then  

they take it away no that one lives there over  here between these fences we have the uh outdoor  

uh skating skating uh ring ice skating rink now  there is uh not any ice because the weather hasn't  

been that cold yet one day yes one day no but as  soon as the weather really turns and it stays uh  

below uh freezing that thing there becomes a  skating rink yeah and it's open to the public  

and you can have hot chocolate when you  get cold wow we'll have to come some time  

once again yeah i come back for some hot  chocolate escape and what do you guys think  

of the sign over there so canadian okay is there  anything more canadian what do you think of it eh  

what do you think about this huh we need to  explain this for the non-canadians so basically in  

canada at the end of almost every sentence you can  just add a little a yeah kind of like i don't know  

asking a little question maybe like uh you know  you know okay like you know the americans they do  

you know okay here you know what's funny is most  people don't do that but every once in a while you  

find someone who uses every sentence with the egg  and you're like oh wow that is the stereotypical  

one yeah you cannot get any more canadian then  hey yeah that's the one that's the one right there

the wind is starting to pick up it is getting icy  cold it's getting really really cold i can't feel  

my fingers anymore so i think we're going to  go home and have a nice cup of uh coffee or hot  

chocolate something like that we're retreating  yeah we're retreating to the trenches and  

we'll see you in the next video it's all for now  while we're warming up yeah take care bye oh man

so

hi hey how's it going good morning how  are you good morning i am in full-on  

packing mode yes you're traveling  today yeah i'm a little bit behind  

i probably should have packed the night before  uh just typical procrastination i suppose  

and um yeah at least you know what the funny  thing today was a whole bunch of my masks had  

disappeared and you know where they were i've  been wearing a whole like different jackets  

since the grocery stores and they were in like all  of my jackets pockets i found like three of them  

well i'm glad you found your masks where are you  going today tell us treasure hunt uh today i'm  

going to fredericton to see my parents i'll be  spending some time with them during the winter  

and really excited about that i'm going to be  doing a 14 day quarantine and that's mandatory  

for anyone visiting at the moment only immediate  family can go to new brunswick and so i i i slot  

into that category and yeah i'm excited about  it looking forward to seeing hobie as well  

have you finished packing already i have not  i'm very behind it let's see what's in here  

tupperware why is there tupperware in your  stomach brings baking she sends baking she  

sends baking back with me kind of like a back  and forth thing i'm not bringing many clothes  

i have quite a few clothes in federen already  and uh wanna show us the chocolates oh sure  

this is a gift from fanfish look at that  they're chocolates filled with liqueur  

and a whole bunch of different kinds  vodka remy bourbon bourbon canadian club  

wow i hope your parents like it i think  you're going to be indulging a bit  

i better be careful huh yeah before i arrive what  else it doesn't look like you're taking that many  

clothes i haven't folded everything i've just kind  of thrown it in the suitcase i'll do a final pack  

yeah i'm not taking much because i do have clothes  in fredericton that i need to bring back here  

and who forgot to do laundry both of us you don't  really you normally do laundry i do groceries so  

i'm bringing home a bag of dirty clothes which  is slightly embarrassing but also i gave you a  

haircut it did that was an improvement over the  last time well last time you were impatient and  

you just said shiva now the only skill the only  skill left for you to learn is blending i have  

like a bit of a bowl cut going on there's like a a  line and then suddenly hair next time we can blend  

it a bit more that's that's the that's the last  touches you need to learn but you know that was  

my second ever haircut for you yeah you did a much  better job yeah and the barbers aren't open right  

now so this is this is yeah otherwise i would  have been arriving at full on wolverine so i i  

did shave my beard and i cut my hair so it's just  a matter of getting to the airport i i wonder what  

it's gonna be like the last time i flew there it  was it was pretty empty so i'm guessing maybe even  

more maybe even more so this time around so all  righty we'll find out we'll find out tutors togi  

who's leaving togi i don't like this guys  the guardian of the house i don't like this  

i wonder if there's any snow in fredericton  that's a really good question there typically  

is but i think they've had an unseasonably warm  fall slash early winter so it'll be a surprise  

when i get there you have your passport you  boarding pass yep i think i'm good let's go

you want it to be early no it's good it's good

you have a weather delay didn't say why but i mean  i'd say that fog is probably why you're delayed  

i can't see anything it's just white

wow traveling in 2020 even when  you guys picked me up it was busy

oh good well

time to grab the stuff oh there's hardly  any vehicles here yeah the last time i  

came to the airport it was like it was like  post-apocalyptic there were so few people  

it's so windy i don't know if i can even hear  you on this camera sorry if you can't hear me

well merry christmas merry christmas happy  new year i'll see you in a few weeks love you  

yeah he'd be safe going home drive safely

i nearly dropped the camera do  you have a mask your passport

okay see you

the highway is normally a lot  busier leaving the airport

all right guys hello a bit of a different video  today i'm going to be taking a cooking class  

online via zoom so that should be a lot of fun so  basically to give you a bit of background sam and  

i work a lot with tourism boards throughout the  year to promote their destinations film videos  

this year one of the destinations we were planning  to visit was germany but because of the pandemic  

and the second wave that trip ended up getting  cancelled but as a little holiday gift i received  

this lovely box from the german tourism board and  they invited me to take part in a cooking class  

so today we're going to be making german christmas  cookies and yeah they sent over this box we have  

a recipe in here that we're going to be following  along all the ingredients are pre-measured  

pre-packaged sam's not here so my dad's  going to be helping me out with the baking  

and yeah he was super impressed that everything  is you know already assembled measured and he  

was just commenting on german efficiency  and attention to detail like even the egg  

so it won't break it came in this little plastic  container so yeah we're excited to do a little  

cooking today it's a bit of a snowy day kind of  gray outside so this should be a fun activity  

sam's out in new brunswick as you've probably  seen in the previous clip and yeah i'm just  

going to log into zoom now and we'll see who  else is participating so catch you in a bit

so we are currently shaping the cookies uh we're  kind of making them look like little crescents  

fat in the middle kind of thin and pointed on  the ends uh i'm calling them little slugs i think  

they resemble slugs and then we just fold them  into a little crescent shape and yeah we're just  

putting those on the tray in they go good luck  cookies tata see you in a few minutes it works  

but uh if you have in the oven okay so  the cookies are ready out of the oven  

coated in icing sugar there you have them i  ended up recruiting my dad so he helped me  

with the whole process and we already  ate half a tray yes we actually have  

they were so delicious easiest recipe that you  could try for uh cookies especially for these  

holiday seasons you cannot stop eating them it  just takes one and then it becomes like uh one  

after the other one kind of one biters right  or two biters if you're a lady if you're a  

lady to bite her but for men one biter okay with  a nice cup of coffee or a hot chocolate and yeah  

the gentleman was very helpful yeah it was very  cool hearing his story so his name is arnd and he  

works at a bakery in bavaria and he was telling  us this is a 10 generation family business they  

have been he says that they have been in the same  building for 350 years yeah he was saying for 350  

years in this house the oven is never shut off so  imagine that 350 years baking cookies and pastries  

and breads and what a commitment that family you  know wow you know that's quite the legacy if you  

ever end up traveling to germany it will have to  take you to that bakery then i need to go there  

i have to visit that uh that place for me i like  that type of histories you know yeah we should try  

one on camera so you guys can see how they turned  out there's the cookie we've already had a few but  

i mean one more on camera why not you know you  can do this because you're not on a diet but i'm  

breaking my diet today yeah he's on a diet yeah  but honestly a wonderful recipe for the holidays  

it's just that christmas flavor you can taste the  hazelnuts okay that's that's basically the main  

the secret ingredient the main flavor that  you that you can taste well that's it for the  

baking adventure thanks for joining us we hope  you try this recipe because it's very good and  

yeah happy holidays yeah happy holidays everyone  see you in the next one in the next one ciao toki  

all right guys good afternoon time for a  little family outing we're with my sister ariel  

in the passenger seat no in the driver's seat i'm  the passage and my dad daniel he's in the back and  

how are we we're okay we're okay we're on our way  to see some christmas lights at the airport yes  

there is supposed to be this display at one of the  employee parking lot exactly and uh supposed to  

be a 1k run through the parking lot with all the  christmas lights and blah blah blah blah blah so  

so let's see what it's all about yeah this  is actually something new i've never heard of  

this activity they're calling it polar drive and  maybe this is the first winter they're doing it  

um but basically they've taken  over the the staff parking lot  

um my sister used to park i used to park there  it's like five levels it's all empty so it's all  

plenty of space to do it yeah since people  aren't really traveling as much right now i  

think they've tried to repurpose the staff parking  lot we're gonna be doing a one kilometer circuit  

where we get to see some christmas lights there's  gonna be like a light tunnel maybe a santa claus  

christmas trees we'll see it's meant to be a  festive family-friendly activity and we're gonna  

turn on the radio tune into a particular station  and they're gonna have christmas music for us  

so we're almost there the three of us so we're  going to take you here for rolling airport oh yeah  

it's empty let's see let's turn this around  tada that area used to be full of planes that's  

toronto airport yeah i i don't see  a single plane taking off right now  

yeah usually there there used to be  a lineup of planes on this particular  

runway whenever we drove past um oh there's  one coming in for a landing there you go  

nice little lineup of vehicles getting ready for  the polar adventure here we go value park garage

do you miss driving here every morning ah  no at four am four in the morning no no  

she does not miss it do you miss the airport  working here and seeing my friends yeah  

yeah that i do miss but drive the drive  here it's right here waking up at 3 30.

it

time

every year

this day

it is you

you don't have to bring me flowers i  don't want shiny juice and baby it is

this is

okay

hello it is the next day i am back in the  car with my sister again ariel all bundled up  

um we're going to go hiking with my parents  and togo in the woods but first we realized  

we never really talked about the polar  drive yesterday what the experience was like  

our thoughts why why were we so rushed ariel on  the way out what's happened or is it too much  

too much emotion and i needed a bathroom stomach  problems so the experience was really cool  

but there is a lot of waiting around which  surprised me like it kind of reminded me of being  

stuck in traffic but with really pretty lights  and really pretty christmas decorations easy drive  

through a busy drive through yeah and you stop  yeah then you stop yeah but then again maybe it's  

just the time of day that we went like we went  after dark so maybe more people go in the evening  

but it was still really fun because in a way  since you're driving so slowly you really get  

to admire all the decorations and the christmas  trees and the reindeer and it was also really  

cool that there was a santa claus at the end  of one of the levels so kids could like roll